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# Film South Asia

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- [Film Southasia 2026 Submissions Open](https://filmsouthasia.org/) - Film southasia 2026 SUBMISSIONS Open A FESTIVAL OF SOUTHASIAN DOCUMENTARIES Festival Dates: 26 to 29 Nov, 2026 Kathmandu | 4 days Film Southasia is pleased to announce an open call for submissions for the 15th edition of the premier documentary film festival in Southasia that will take place from 26-29 November 2026 in Kathmandu.Since 1997,
- [About us](https://filmsouthasia.org/aboutus/) - What is film southasia ? Film southasia 2024 starts april Kathmandu | 3 locations | 7 days About FSA Film Southasia (FSA) is a biennial festival that was set up in 1997 with the goal of popularising the documentary so that it entertains, informs and changes lives. In addition to the festival that takes place
- [Film Southasia 2024](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa-24/) - Film southasia 2024 SUBMISSIONS closed A FESTIVAL OF SOUTHASIAN DOCUMENTARIES 21 to 24 November, 2024 Kathmandu | 4 days Film Southasia is pleased to announce an open call for submissions for the 14th edition of the premier documentary film festival in Southasia that will take place from 21 – 24 November 2024 in Kathmandu.Since 1997
- [Main Home](https://filmsouthasia.org/main-home/) - Film Southasia 2024 Awards Announced AWARDS 21 - 24 NOVEMBER, 2024 Yala maya kendra, Patan Dhoka Kathmandu | 4 days
- [TFSA'25 Screening](https://filmsouthasia.org/tfsa25_screening/) - Travelling Film Southasia a Mobile festival TFSA 2025 19 Films | 9 Countries | Screen Anywhere! Travelling Film Southasia (TFSA) started with the first Film Southasia festival held in Kathmandu in September 1997. Since then, following each biennial ‘mother festival’, a selection of films is packaged and tours regionally and globally. Over the years the
- [FSA Supported Films](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa-supported-flims/) - SUPPORTED FLIMS MADE BY FSA FELLOWS Film southasia 2024 Submissions Open January 2024 Kathmandu | 3 locations | 7 days Two years ago, after the culmination of Film Southasia 2019, Southasia Trust brought together filmmakers, researchers, activists, graphic novelists, cartoonists and artists to evolve new thinking around the visual representation of gender-based violence in cinema,
- [TFSA 2025](https://filmsouthasia.org/tfsa-2025/) - Travelling Film Southasia a Mobile festival TFSA 2025 19 Films | 6 Countries | Screen Anywere! Travelling Film Southasia (TFSA) started with the first Film Southasia festival held in Kathmandu in September 1997. Since then, following, each biennial ‘mother festival’, a selection of films is packaged and tours regionally and globally. Over the years, the
- [Traveling FSA 2025](https://filmsouthasia.org/traveling-fsa-2025/) - Travelling Film Southasia a Mobile festival TFSA 2025 19 Films | 6 Countries | Screen Anywere! Travelling Film Southasia (TFSA) started with the first Film Southasia festival held in Kathmandu in September 1997. Since then, following each biennial ‘mother festival’, a selection of films is packaged and toured regionally and globally. Over the years, the
- [FSA 24 Selections](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa24selections/) - Film southasia 2024 selected Films A FESTIVAL OF SOUTHASIAN DOCUMENTARIES 21 to 24 November, 2024 Yala Maya Kendra, Patan dhoka Kathmandu | 4 days Film Southasia is pleased to announce the official selection of 47 amazing documentary films for the 14th edition of the premier documentary film festival in Southasia taking place from 21 –
- [TFSA'22-'23](https://filmsouthasia.org/tfsa22-23/) - Travelling Film Southasia a Mobile festival TFSA 2023 14 Films | 7 Countries | Screen Anywere! Travelling Film Southasia (TFSA) started with the first Film Southasia festival held in Kathmandu in September 1997. Since then, following each biennial ‘mother festival’, a selection of films is packaged and tours regionally and globally. Over the years the
- [Traveling FSA 2023](https://filmsouthasia.org/travelling-fsa/) - Travelling Film Southasia a Mobile festival TFSA 2023 14 Films | 7 Countries | Screen Anywere! Travelling Film Southasia (TFSA) started with the first Film Southasia festival held in Kathmandu in September 1997. Since then, following each biennial ‘mother festival’, a selection of films is packaged and tours regionally and globally. Over the years the
- [FSA 24 Closing](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa-24-closing/) - Film southasia 2024 Awards & CLosing A FESTIVAL OF SOUTHASIAN DOCUMENTARIES 21 to 24 November, 2024 Yala Maya Kendra, Patan dhoka Kathmandu | 4 days FILM Southasia Documentary Festival ends with Awards25 November, 2024, LalitpurDOWNLOAD JURY CITATIONSFilm Southasia Festival of Documentaries wrapped up on Sunday evening.The Ram Bahadur Trophy for the Best film was awarded
- [Film Southasia 2024 Schedule](https://filmsouthasia.org/film-southasia-2024-schedule/) - Film southasia 2024 Schedule A FESTIVAL OF SOUTHASIAN DOCUMENTARIES 21 to 24 November, 2024 Yala Maya Kendra, Patan dhoka Kathmandu | 4 days DOWNLOAD SCHEDULE HERE: FRONT PAGE | INSIDE PAGEDOWNLOAD CATALOGUE HERELimited Pre-sale tickets available on Tuesday and Wednesday (19 and 20 November) 11am-3pm at the FSA office, Dhokaima Cafe. Tickets are priced at
- [FSA'99](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa99/) - Film Southasia '99 Film southasia 2024 sUBMISSIONS OPEN JANUARY 2024 Kathmandu | 4 days At Himal Association and Himal magazine, we started on the road of organising documentary film festivals with Film Himalaya ’94 in February of that year. This was followed by Film Southasia ’97, the first-ever Southasia-wide coming together of non-fiction films. We
- [Archive](https://filmsouthasia.org/archive/) - Archive Archive FSA’22 Archive FSA’19 Archive FSA’17 Archive FSA’15 Archive FSA’13 Archive FSA’11 Archive FSA’09 Archive FSA’07 Archive FSA’05 Archive FSA’03 Archive FSA’01 Archive FSA’99 Archive FSA’97
- [FSA'97](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa97/) - First Ever Film Southasia Film southasia 2024 sUBMISSIONS OPEN JANUARY 2024 Kathmandu | 4 days The organisers of the first-ever festival of Subcontinental documentaries were delighted about both the quality of works submitted, as well as their representativeness of the Southasian region as a whole. The number of filmmakers who attended the festival also encouraged
- [Film Search](https://filmsouthasia.org/four-columns/) - Show All Documentary Before You Were My Mother If I Could Tell You Decoding Gender Face Cover Flames of a Continuous Field of Time Sita Ke Badalte Roop Amid the Villus Gay India Matrimony Gaine Ghar Ka Pata (Home Address) Gurkha Girl (Lahureni) Highways of Life Load More
- [Film Southasia 2022](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa22/) - South asian film festival Film southasia 2024 sUBMISSIONS OPEN JANUARY 2024 Kathmandu | 4 days Film Southasia 2022 was held in from April 21 to April 24 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 13th iteration of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries also marked the 25th year of the festival’s existence. The festival took place at Yala
- [FSA'22 Winners](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa22-winners/) - South asian film festival FSA'24 WILL BE IN FALL 2024 SUBMISSIONS OPEN JAUNARY 2024 Kathmandu | 3 locations | 7 days Film Southasia 2022 was held in from April 21 to April 24 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 13th iteration of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries also marked the 25th year of the festival’s existence.
- [FSA'22 Jury](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa22-jury/) - A SOUTH ASIAN film festival Film southasia 2024 starts april Kathmandu | 3 locations | 7 days Film Southasia 2022 was held in from April 21 to April 24 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 13th iteration of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries also marked the 25th year of the festival’s existence. The festival took place
- [FSA'22 Gallery](https://filmsouthasia.org/fsa22-gallery/) - a south asian film festival Film southasia 2024 Submissions Open January 2024 Kathmandu | 3 locations | 7 days Film Southasia 2022 was held in from April 21 to April 24 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 13th iteration of the biennial festival of Southasian documentaries also marked the 25th year of the festival’s existence. The festival
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- [Submissions Template](https://filmsouthasia.org/?elementor_library=submissions-template) - Film southasia 2024 SUBMISSIONS closed A FESTIVAL OF SOUTHASIAN DOCUMENTARIES 21 to 24 November, 2024 Kathmandu | 4 days Film Southasia is pleased to announce an open call for submissions for the 14th edition of the premier documentary film festival in Southasia that will take place from 21 – 24 November 2024 in Kathmandu.Since 1997
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## Coppola Portfolio

- [Love Like Ours](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/love-like-ours/) - Love Like Ours Interfaith Couple’s Love Triumphs All Odds Myanmar Year: 2024 Length: 18 min Country: Myanmar Language: Burmese More Films View All
- [In Search of Ajantrik](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/in-search-of-ajantrik/) - Meghnath In Search of Ajantrik Unveiling Ritwik Ghatak’s Setting for Ajantrik Year: 2023 Length: 46 min Country: India Language: Hindi Director: Meghnath SYNOPSIS The film maps the journey of the director, who is searching for Adivasi culture and life in reference to auteur Bengali Filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak’s Ajantrik. Ritwik Ghatak made Ajantrik in 1957, and
- [Zende: The Super Cop](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/zende-the-super-cop/) - Akshay Ashok Shah Zende: The Super Cop Mumbai’s Criminology through the Eyes of an Iconic Cop Year: 2023 Length: 65 min Country: India Language: English/Hindi Director: Akshay Ashok Shah SYNOPSIS Zende follows the 82-year-old, retired assistant commissioner of police in Mumbai, Madhukar Zende. The man who nabbed the infamous serial killer, Charles Sobhraj – twice.
- [Whispers by the River Shore](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/whispers-by-the-river-shore/) - Saimur Rahman Whispers by the River Shore Encroaching River Sweeps Away Family Fortunes Bangladesh Year: 2024 Length: 19 min Country: Bangladesh Language: Bengali Director: Saimur Rahman SYNOPSIS Whispers by the River Shore is a compelling documentary that delves into the profound impacts of climate change on the lives of a family in the remote river
- [When Pomegranate Turns Grey](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/when-pomegranate-turns-grey/) - Thoufeeq K, Khurram Muraad Siddiquie When Pomegranate Turns Grey Resilience and Continuity of Cultural Memory Year: 2024 Length: 37 min Country: India Language: Urdu Director: Thoufeeq K, Khurram Muraad Siddiquie SYNOPSIS The documentary follows Muraad’s journey to uncover the traumatic memories of the police action in Hyderabad in 1948. Through his grandmother, Gulnar, a living
- [Wagging Tale](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/wagging-tale/) - Samagra Shah WAGGING TALE Canine Friends Restore Man’s Faith in Life Year: 2024 Length: 23 min Country: Nepal Language: Nepali Director: Samagra Shah SYNOPSIS Wagging Talє is the story of Rupak, who walks the streets of Kathmandu carrying 80 kgs of chicken bones every day with an unwavering mission: to feed the city’s street dogs.
- [Sometimes Even the Shore Drowns](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/sometimes-even-the-shore-drowns/) - Mahera Omar Sometimes Even the Shore Drowns Cinematic Ode to Marine Life on Intertidal Mudflats Year: 2022 Length: 17 min Country: Pakistan Language: Urdu Director: Mahera Omar SYNOPSIS Inspired by Rachel Carson’s 1955 book The Edge of the Sea, this short film is a cinematic ode to the myriad forms of marine life on the
- [Siege in the Air](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/siege-in-the-air/) - Muntaha Amin Seige in the Air Kashmiri Women Piece Together Life Amidst Communication Blockades Year: 2022 Length: 30 min Country: India Language: Kashmiri/Hindi/Urdu/English Director: Muntaha Amin SYNOPSIS Women in Indian Administered Kashmir weave memory threads to piece together a narrative of what it feels to live under perpetual uncertainty and unending cycles of lockdowns in
- [Mic Drop](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/mic-drop/) - Kallol Mukherjee Mic Drop Bundelkhandi Rapper’s Determination to Go Global Year: 2024 Length: 27 min Country: India Language: Bundelkhandi/Hindi Director: Kallol Mukherjee SYNOPSIS A young Bundelkhandi dialect rapper from Madhya Pradesh, India works tirelessly on his first album. As he faces financial struggles and the lack of resources, the question remains: will he be able
- [Hello Guyzz!!](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/hello-guyzz/) - Samiksha Mathur HELLO GUYZZ!! Social Media Influencer in Small Town Bengal Year: 2023 Length: 24 min Country: India Language: English/Hindi/Bengali Director: Samiksha Mathur SYNOPSIS The film explores the life of a mother, wife, daughter who is also a TikTok and social media influencer. Based in a small town in West Bengal- Liluah- it aims to
- [I Found My Yellow](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/i-found-my-yellow/) - Shin Thandar I Found my Yellow Two Women and a Cat Learning to be Family Year: 2024 Length: 15 min Country: Myanmar Language: Burmese Director: Shin Thandar SYNOPSIS Two women, Shin and Susan, and one cat, Shwe Lone Chay, are slowly learning to be a family unit, lovingly accepting each other’s insecurities. In the face
- [Cinema Pe Cinema](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/cinema-pe-cinema/) - Vani Subramanian Cinema Pe Cinema: The Theatres. The Movies. And Us An Ode to Single-Screen Cinema Theatres Year: 2024 Length: 62 min Country: India Language: English/Hindi/Tamil Director: Vani Subramanian SYNOPSIS Creating a memory-scape of some people whose lives touch or have been touched by single screen cinemas in India, the film is an exploration of
- [Chardi Kala: An Ode to Resilience](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/chardi-kala/) - Prateek Shekhar Chardi Kala - An Ode to Resilence Optimism, Resilience, Steer Farmers to Make History Year: 2023 Length: 96 min Country: India Language: Hindi/Punjabi Director: Prateek Shekhar SYNOPSIS In September 2020, the Indian government passed three agricultural laws aimed at liberalising the farm economy. Soon after, farmers from across the country gathered at the
- [Abundance Living with a Forest](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/abundnace/) - Dolly Kikon Abundance: Living with a Forest Indigenous Foragers Invigorate Sustainable Practices India Year: 2024 Length: 22 min Country: India Language: Lotha Naga Director: Dolly Kikon SYNOPSIS Abundance: Living with a Forest is a biography of foraging, forest and jhum cultivation. It follows Zareno, a Lotha forager in the forest of Khumtsü, and traces the
- [6-A Akash Ganga](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/6-a-akash-ganga/) - Nirmal Chander Dhandriyal 6-A Akash Ganga Can a musician exist without an audience? Year: 2023 Length: 80 min Country: India Language: Hindi/English Director: Nirmal Chander Dhandriyal SYNOPSIS Can a musician exist without an audience? To find an answer, the film enters 6-Akash Ganga, where resides one of India’s most renowned classical musicians, a matchless guru—Annapurna
- [GoHomeGota](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/gohomegota/) - Sulochana Peiris #GoHomeGota Hashtagged People’s Movement Overturns Regime Sri Lanka Year: 2023 Length: 51 min Country: Sri Lanka Language: English Director: Sulochana Peiris SYNOPSIS This documentary looks at Sri Lanka’s 2022 Aragalaya (struggle) protests from a movement building and mobilisation perspective and centres around interviews with several key core activists belonging to different ethnic, linguistic,
- [TransKashmir](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/transkashmir/) - Surbhi Dewan, S A Hanan Trans Kashmir Kashmir Transgender Movement for Human Rights Year: 2022 Length: 61 min Country: India Language: English/Kashmiri/Urdu Director: Surbhi Dewan, S A Hanan SYNOPSIS For generations, the transgender women of Kashmir have worked as matchmakers and performers. But their gender, economic and socio-political realities make them some of the most
- [A Forgotten Summer](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/forgotten-summer/) - Aliya Z S, Fatima Rahman, Isha Singh, Minha Fathima, Shreya Mishra A Forgotten Summer On Ageing, Loss, Love and Longing Year: 2023 Length: 24 min Country: India Language: English/Hindi Director: Aliya Z S, Fatima Rahman, Isha Singh, Minha Fathima, Shreya Mishra SYNOPSIS Living at an elder care facility called Panchvati in Delhi, Uttama Rashk, a
- [A Flaming Forest](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/a-flaming-forest/) - Salman Javeed, Vivek Singh Sangwan, Satya Ambasta A Flaming Forest Saving the Tiger: The Soliga Way Year: 2024 Length: 48 min Country: India Language: Kannada Director: Salman Javeed, Vivek Singh Sangwan, Satya Ambasta SYNOPSIS The Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve in Karnataka is home to the Soliga adivasis. This film traverses the rich tapestry
- [The Heartbroken Lover](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/the-heartbroken-lover/) - Ridhima Sharma The Heartbroken Lover Tea and sympathy for heartbroken lovers at the innovative neighbourhood chaiwallah Year: 2021 Length: 10 min Country: India Language: Hindi Director: Ridhima Sharma SYNOPSIS Divyanshu and Rahul Batra, 21 and 18 year old boys from a North Indian town Dehradun are on a mission. Having experienced heartbreak during the lockdown,
- [The Casteless Collective - Prologue](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/casteless-collective-prologue/) - Monesh The Casteless Collective - Prologue Music breaks barriers of caste and class in performances by a revolutionary band Year: 2021 Length: 90 min Country: India Language: Tamil, English Director: Monesh SYNOPSIS The documentary chronicles the story of India’s most revolutionary political musical outfit The Casteless Collective from its inception through the release of its
- [Flames of a Continuous Field of Time](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/flames-of-a-continuous-field-of-time/) - Barkha Mukhiya Flames of a Continuous Field of Time This film from its multitude of voices attempts to examine the society around the bold yet invisible existence of Dalit women in Nepal Year: 2022 Length: 54 min Country: Nepal Language: Nepali, Bhojpuri, English Director: Barkha Mukhiya SYNOPSIS This film travels through a multitude of voices
- [If I Could Tell You](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/if-i-could-tell-you/) - Niharika Popli If I Could Tell You Two friends, one Deaf and one hearing, and their unique relationship to the Indian Sign Language. Year: 2022 Length: 69 min Country: India Language: Indian Sign Langauge, English Director: Niharika Popli SYNOPSIS If I Could Tell You is an evocative inquiry into the significance of language in our
- [Iqraar-Naama](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/iqraar-naama/) - Priyanka Chhabra Iqraar-Naama A story of love and loss – an archive of “Home” in a partitioned subcontinent Year: 2020 Length: 52 min Country: India Language: Meitei Director: Priyanka Chhabra SYNOPSIS Iqrar-nama (The Agreement) is the story of Late Mr Charandas Bangia, a partition refugee from Lyallpur (now Faislabad in Pakistan) to Amritsar, (Punjab, India).
- [Face Cover](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/face-cover/) - A.M. Ashfaque Face Cover Ashifa in Kattankdy, navigates the complex social forces shaping her and other women’s stories in this docu-fiction film. Year: 2022 Length: 70 min Country: Sri Lanka Language: Tamil Director: A.M. Ashfaque SYNOPSIS Taking the cataclysmic Easter Sunday Bombings of churches and hotels in April 2019 by ISIS inspired Islamists in Sri
- [Gaine](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/gaine/) - Pradeep Dhakal Gaine The life of a Gaine – a musical journalist of old in Nepal Year: 2019 Length: 25 min Country: Nepal Language: Nepali Director: Pradeep Dhakal SYNOPSIS Everyday in the hills of Bhojpur, Pashuram, an old Gandharva, works in his field. He had been a Gaine, a travelling musician by caste. A man
- [Before You Were My Mother](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/bywmm/) - Prasuna Dongol Before You Were My Mother Prasuna tries to come to terms with the differences she has with her mother and seeks a way to define her own life. Year: 2022 Length: 73 min Country: Nepal Language: Nepal, Manipuri, Newari Director: Prasuna Dongol SYNOPSIS Born and brought up in Manipur and currently living in
- [Decoding Gender](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/decoding-gender/) - Rawyan Shayema Decoding Gender A reflective journey to understand and decode gender binaries Year: 2022 Length: 50 min Country: Bangladesh Language: Bangla Director: Rawyan Shayema SYNOPSIS A woman fighting for women’s rights from men, a trans-woman who is seeking validation for trans women’s identity and rights from both men and women, a non-binary person who just
- [Highways of Life](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/highways-of-life/) - Amar maibam Highways of life Tracking the high octane lives of Manipur’s highway truckers Year: 2020 Length: 52 min Country: India Language: Meitei Director: Amar Maibam SYNOPSIS Highways of Life is a detailed look at the high octane lives of Manipur’s highway truckers. The film follows a group of truckers as they manoeuvre through the
- [Strike with the Beat](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/strike-with-the-beat/) - Sai Kyaw Khaing Strike with the Beat Street protests as they happened during the February 1 Myanmar coup Year: 2021 Length: 25 min Country: Myanmar Language: Burmese Director: Sai Kyaw Khaing SYNOPSIS On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized power and detained State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and elected
- [The Secret Life](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/the-secret-life/) - Nadeem the secret life A glimpse into the lives of indigenous people in the Hunza valley of Gilgit Balistan Year: 2021 Length: 13 min Country: Pakistan Language: Burushaski Language Director: Nadeem SYNOPSIS The secret life shows how the ancients in Hunza valley converted a barren land into heaven by planting all kinds of trees over
- [Gurkha Girl (Lahureni)](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/gurkha-girl-lahureni/) - Bishal Roka Magar Gurkha Girl A young woman’s quest for recruitment in the British Gurkha regiment Year: 2021 Length: 35 min Country: Nepal Language: Nepali Director: Bishal Roka Magar SYNOPSIS As news surfaces that Britain is recruiting Nepali girls in its British Gurkha regiments, Dilmaya, a young girl from a mountain village, sees it as
- [Longing (Taangh)](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/longing/) - Bani Singh longing (Taangh) Quest for a lost homeland Year: 2021 Length: 75 min Country: India Language: Hindi, English, Punjabi, Urdu Director: Bani Singh SYNOPSIS Against the backdrop of Partition, newly independent India’s first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics. Six decades later, when Nandy
- [Ghar Ka Pata (Home Address)](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/ghar-ka-pata-home-address/) - Madhulika Jalali Ghar ka Pata Of longing, transience and memory – the story of a young Kashmiri Pandit woman finding her way home… Year: 2020 Length: 67 min Country: India Language: Hindi, English, Kashmiri Director: Madhulika Jalali SYNOPSIS All of six years old when her family had to leave the Kashmir Valley due to armed
- [This Stained Dawn](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/this-stained-dawn/) - Anam Abbas This Stained Dawn Karachi’s young feminists organize a woman’s march, coming up against Pakistan’s radical religious right. Year: 2021 Length: 89 min Country: Pakistan Language: Urdu, English Director: Anam Abbas SYNOPSIS Karachi’s feminists organise a woman’s march, coming up against Pakistan’s state, media and radical religious right. Filmmaker Anam Abbas follows the march’s
- [Amid the Villus](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/amid-the-villus/) - Sumathy Sivamohan Amid the Villus Understanding place as history, memory, joy, adversity and struggle Year: 2021 Length: 46 min Country: Sri Lanka Language: Tamil Director: Sumathy Sivamohan SYNOPSIS When the civil war in Sri Lanka ended in 2009, the displaced people of Palaikuli in Musali South (northern Sri Lanka) returned to their homeland. Their homecoming
- [Gay India Matrimony](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/gay-india-matrimony/) - Debalina Majumder Gay India Matrimony Three characters in search of a same-sex spouse Year: 2019 Length: 67 min Country: India Language: Bengali Director: Debalina Majumder SYNOPSIS Gay India Matrimony is a film that revolves around three characters exploring their marriage prospects, with one of them documenting their travails. While Sayan and Gourab are assigned male
- [Moon on the Man](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/moon-on-the-man/) - Prince Shah Moon on the Man An observational and exploratory foray into reality, perception and choices Year: 2021 Length: 75 min Country: India Language: Hindi, English Director: Prince Shah SYNOPSIS Moon on the Man is an observational and exploratory feature length documentary that questions the most basic assumptions of reality, perception and choices. As such,
- [Sita Ke Badalte Roop](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-item/sita-ke-badalte-roop/) - Pushpa Rawat Sita ke Badalte Roop Pushpa Rawat plays Sita in the local Ramlila, opening up public spaces for women in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh Year: 2022 Length: 52 min Country: India Language: Hindi Director: Pushpa Rawat SYNOPSIS For the first time in 25 years, when a woman fearlessly enacts a major role in a local

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- [Short](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-category/short-film/) - Documentaries shorter than 40 mins
- [Feature](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-category/feature/) - Documentaries longer than 40 mins
- [Student](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-category/student/) - All films submitted or accepted into the student category

## Tags

- [Documentary](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/documentary/)
- [Feature](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/feature/) - Film longer than 40 mins
- [Short](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/short/) - Film shorter than 40 mins
- [FSA'22](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/fsa22/) - Films screened at Film Southasia 2022
- [TFSA'22](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/tfsa22/) - Films that were part of the Traveling Film Southasia 2022 package
- [FSA Supported Films](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/fsa-supported-films/) - Films supported by FSA or SAT. This can be any kind of support including financial support.
- [FSA'24](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/fsa24/) - Films screened at Film Southasia 2025
- [TFSA'25](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-tag/tfsa25/) - Films that were part of the Traveling Film Southasia 2025 package

## Artists

- [Prasuna Dongol](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/prasuna-dongol/)
- [Niharika Popli](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/niharika-popli/)
- [Rawyan Shayema](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/rawyan-shayema/)
- [Pushpa Rawat](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/pushpa-rawat/)
- [A.M. Ashfaque](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/am-ashfaque/)
- [Barkha Mukhiya](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/barkha-mukhiya/)
- [Sumathy Sivamohan](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/sumathy-sivamohan/)
- [Debalina](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/debalina/)
- [Madhulika Jalali](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/madhulika-jalali/)
- [Bishal Roka Magar](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/bishal-roka-magar/)
- [Amar Maibam](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/amar-maibam/)
- [Priyanka Chhabra](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/priyanka-chhabra/)
- [Bani Singh](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/bani-singh/)
- [Prince Shah](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/prince-shah/)
- [Nadeem](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/nadeem/)
- [Monesh](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/monesh/)
- [Anam Abbas](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/anam-abbas/)
- [Sai Kyaw Khaing](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/sai-kyaw-khaing/)
- [Pradeep Dhakal](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/pradeep-dhakal/)
- [Ridhima Sharma](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/ridhima-sharma/)
- [Nirmal Chander Dhandriyal](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/nirm-chander/)
- [Salman Javeed](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/sal-javeed/)
- [Vivek Singh Sangwan](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/vivek-sangwan/)
- [Satya Ambasta](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/satya-ambasta/)
- [Aliya Z S](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/aliya-zs/)
- [Fatima Rahman](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/fatima-rahman/)
- [Isha Singh](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/isha-singh/)
- [Minha Fathima](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/minha-fathima/)
- [Shreya Mishra](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/shreya-mishra/)
- [Dolly Kikon](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/dolly-kikon/)
- [Prateek Shekhar](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/prateek-shekhar/)
- [Vani Subramanian](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/vani-subra/)
- [Samiksha Mathur](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/samiksha-mathur/)
- [Shin Thandar](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/shin-thandar/)
- [Meghnath](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/meghnath/)
- [Kallol Mukherjee](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/kallol-mukherjee/)
- [Muntaha Amin](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/muntaha-amin/)
- [Mahera Omar](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/mahera-omar/)
- [Surbhi Dewan](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/surbhi-dewan/)
- [S A Hanan](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/sa-hanan/)
- [Samagra Shah](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/samagra-shah/)
- [Thoufeeq K](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/thoufeeq-k/)
- [Khurram Muraad Siddiquie](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/khurram-siddiquie/)
- [Akshay Ashok Shah](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/akshay-shah/)
- [Saimur Rahman](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/saimur-rahman/)
- [Sulochana Peiris](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-artist/sulochana-peiris/)

## Countries

- [Nepal](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-country/nepal/)
- [India](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-country/india/)
- [Bangladesh](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-country/bangladesh/)
- [Sri Lanka](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-country/sri-lanka/)
- [Myanmar](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-country/myanmar/)
- [Pakistan](https://filmsouthasia.org/portfolio-country/pakistan/)

## Categories

- [Home 2/1](https://filmsouthasia.org/team-category/home-2-1/)
- [Home 2/2](https://filmsouthasia.org/team-category/home-2-2/)
- [Home 4](https://filmsouthasia.org/team-category/home-4/)
- [Main home](https://filmsouthasia.org/team-category/main-home/)
- [Speakers](https://filmsouthasia.org/team-category/speakers/)
- [aboutus](https://filmsouthasia.org/team-category/aboutus/)

## Categories

- [Home 2](https://filmsouthasia.org/testimonials-category/home-2/)
- [Home 7](https://filmsouthasia.org/testimonials-category/home-7/)
- [Main home](https://filmsouthasia.org/testimonials-category/main-home/)